نشریه پرستاری و مامایی ارومیه
سال یازدهم شماره 10 (پیاپی 51، دی 1392)

Medical universities need to the competent and motivated teachers as an important factor in education and training of the students. Understanding the affecting factors on the performance of faculty members is a necessity that can increase the productivity، job satisfaction and success planning in useful environment. This study aimed to determine the attitude of students toward their teachers based on formal evaluation system.

In this cross-sectional study، all students of nursing college of Khoy (151student) were studied. Then students were divided in three groups of weak، average and excellent، their attitudes were assessed through self-made questionnaire. After data collection، data analysis was done by SPSS software، descriptive statistics and spearman correlation.

Study findings showed that the average age of students was 20/89 ± 1/52 years. 62/9 percent of students were female، and 58/3 percent of the students were average students. Evaluation time (timesheets distribution and expert explanations) and awareness of students in filling the questionnaires on masters’ evaluation were appropriate according to the students. About the theoretical and clinical questionnaires outlines، students were more focused on communication aspects and teachers learning styles in concepts conveying. The results also showed that the score level of students hasn''t effect on their evaluation (P=0/9)، While statistically significant positive correlation is between students attitudes and their semester (P= 0/11)، and gender (P= 0/001). So that the higher، the semester، the more negative the attitude. Male students had more negative the attitudes as well.

According to the study findings، this evaluation is acceptable for students، and their score level hadn''t much effect on teacher evaluation. So، this variable shouldn''t be considered as an affective factor in teacher evaluation.

A third wave of sexual transmission of HIV has been increased recently. In this context، one of the high risk groups is female sex workers that as a vulnerable group they are prone to AIDS and other venereal diseases. The purpose of this study was to assess female sex workers’ knowledge concerning the ways of HIV transmission.

Addicted sex worker women referred to welfare drug addiction treatment centers in Tehran were chosen، and data were collected by means of a questionnaire and direct interview. The subjects who refused to participate in the study were omitted from the research.

Awareness of female sex workers about HIV transmission was 63. 8 percent. The mean of age of female sex workers was 36. 5 years. The youngest one was 18 years and the oldest one was 55 years. Family condition of the subjects was very inappropriate، and 80% of these women had been sexually abused in their childhood.

Results of this study showed that female sex workers are aware about the ways of HIV transmission. This is effective in planning to reduce incidence of HIV. Also، we concluded that the main reason for prostitution is poor family care that in turn، reveal the necessity to increase social welfare and mental health of the family.

Following a phenomenal fertility decline during recent two decades in Iran، the childbearing persuasive policy has been implemented. The goals of this study were to determine: the pre-marriage couples` fertility attitude and demographic determinants of couples` fertility attitude.

This was a cross-sectional study on 420 pre-marriage clients referred to Urmia Pre-marriage counseling center in 2013. Data were gathered using a structured questionnaire.

Both ideal and desired child number for most of the participants were lower than two، with no difference between males and females (p > 0. 05). For those males and females which sex of the child were important، male preference was dominant (p= 0. 00). Only 18. 2% of males and 9. 6% of females were agreeing with the government in increasing childbearing. Having university graduation، being student and living in small families leads to tendency to have female child (p< 0. 05).

The findings confirmed the noticeable change in fertility practices of Iranian couples which is largely dependent to change in their fertility preferences in child number and sex. It seems that change in governmental population policy have no effect on couples` fertility attitudes.